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17:50 09 september 2017

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France says North Korea close to long-range missile capability

France's foreign minister said on Friday that North Korea would have capability to send long-range ballistic missiles in a few months and urged China to be more active diplomatically to resolve the crisis. "The situation is extremely serious... we see North Korea setting itself as an objective to have tomorrow or the day after missiles that can transport nuclear weapons. In a few months that will be a reality," Jean-Yves Le Drian told RTL radio."At the moment, when North Korea has the means to strike the United States, even Europe, but definitely Japan and China, then the situation will be explosive," he said.

PARIS (Reuters) – France ’s Emmanuel Macron discussed increased pressure and sanctions on North Korea on the telephone with U.S President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , the French president’s office said on Saturday.

PARIS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - France 's Emmanuel Macron discussed increased pressure and sanctions on North Korea on the telephone with U.S President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , the French president's office said on Saturday.

The three leaders stressed the need for a "united and firm" reaction from the international community toward Pyongyang, Macron's office said.

South Korea was bracing on Saturday for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test.

U.S., South Korea differ on readout of Trump, Moon call

Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke by phone Friday, but readouts of the call differed on dialogue with North Korea.South Korean news agency Yonhap, citing the country's presidential office, reported that President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in had spoken by phone Friday and "reaffirmed the need to bring the communist state back to the dialogue table.

“International society, including Russia and China, need to take this seriously and increase pressure ,” Abe said. He said Japan and the United States would take steps toward concrete action but did not give details. Abe and Trump did not discuss military action against North Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe crossed the wires earlier today, via Reuters, responding to the latest North Korean missile threat. Trump also said that the United States was “100 percent with Japan” and he showed a strong commitment to Tokyo’s defence.

The French presidency said North Korea's "repeated provocations" were a "threat to peace and international security". It also said Macron had expressed France's "solidarity" with Japan.

Tension on the Korean peninsula has escalated as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has stepped up the development of weapons, testing a string of missiles this year, including one flying over Japan.

Experts believe the Pyongyang government is close to its goal of developing a powerful nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States, something U.S. President Trump has vowed to prevent.

US flies powerful warplanes amid standoff with North Korea .
<p>South Korea says the U.S. military has flown powerful bombers and stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula in joint drills with South Korean warplanes.</p>The United States often sends such high-tech, powerful aircraft in a show of force in times of heightened animosities with North Korea.

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“International society, including Russia and China, need to take this seriously and increase pressure ,” Abe said. He said Japan and the United States would take steps toward concrete action but did not give details. Abe and Trump did not discuss military action against North Korea

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